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Moments that have stood out to you as as you have been coverig it? >> first and foremost was the fireman last night. we were in huge residential area on the southwestern side. houston police tell us perhaps the hardest hit area. we spent nearly the entire day and into the night there. towards the tail end of the night in the same saturating rain youre seeing right now, out of the darkness came this little boat. on it were three firemen. they were clearly exhausted. they said weve spent the entir...

Three days and we be home by friday. were just trying to get somewhere where we can be safe. >> wedding you choose to leave earlier. >> weve been working and babysitting and by the time we got out, the water was gone so we had a weight in the water line. theres been a lot of situations that have been harmful to us right now so were just trying to take the situation and go with the next. >> how to get out of here with your family. >> wait on the next vote. theres no way no way to leave right now....

They are. they said they didnt receive an e-mail or evacuation order and i believe one of the firemen said he kinda blames the mayor and another one of firemen who have rank said he was upset with how all this has on down. were not casting any blame but they say theyve rescued people from rooftops. i want to bring in this gentlemen name oscar. you live here, youve got some kids back here. >> so we heard about the evacuation and being flooded so we just try to get my mother to save haven. theres ...

Without a just last two or three days and we be home by friday. were just trying to get somewhere where we can be safe. >> wedding you choose to leave earlier. >> weve been working and babysitting and by the time we got out, the water was gone so we had a weight in the water line. theres been a lot of situations that have been harmful to us right now so were just trying to take the situation and go with the next. >> how to get out of here with your family. >> wait on the next vote. theres no way...

>> cell phones, internet, all of our radio equipment is down. >> so there is no way for people to even get in contact with rockport fire department right now? >> other than this one land line. >> is that what youre on right now? >> yes. >> well, we wont keep you on it too long. let me ask you one more question here. we got reports that there was a roof collapse at senior home. what can you tell us about that? >> i really cant confirm it. i know we have a good bit of dama damage, but not being ab...

Running water, no electricity. youre only going to be more harm than help at this point. despite that, we have seen people coming back really stunned sometimes looks on their faces, trying to pick through the wreckage, see what they can recover from this devastating storm. weve also seen a very slow search and rescue operation begin. theres about 1,000 people across the state who are involved in that. from what we see though with the conditions here, with no power, no phone service, no nothing, ...

Today we saw three volunteer firemen going through these houses basically with axes, kicking down doors, seeing if anyone inside was dead or alive. that effort is likely to ramp up and become more sophisticated as they try and see whos safe here around rockport. mike, back to you. mike: steve harrigan leading us off in hockport, texas -- rockport, texas, thanks very much. harvey now downgraded to a tropical storm, but many areas braces for heavy rain, massive floods and tornadoes as the storm ri...

And the wind and the rain is still so bad out, its been really hard for the repair crews to get out here and fix them. weve been seeing people throughout the day try and come back, recover what they can, but most of these buildings really some heavy structural damage from that category four storm. as far as search and rescue operations go, the governor said 1,000 personnel are involved. we saw a but of them in action this morning at an apartment complex. very basic maneuvers, three firemen with ...

Pigging paking them up and taking them. of the. >> you are running out of time. what is your area, your cause of biggest concern right now? >> right now this last track, one of my cities in the county is going to be within the hurricane high wall. rockport, texas is down there, theyre standing by. and theyre basically -- were bringing in all the officers and firemen and everybody else has stayed back for the evacuation. >> so what we are hearing from forecasters is that some places up to three f...